Word Meanings - CONFLUENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another. These confluent steams make some great river's head. Blackmore. 2. Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction. Running together or uniting,

Additional info about word: CONFLUENT

1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another. These confluent steams make some great river's head. Blackmore. 2. Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction. Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison.

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• GREAT-HEARTED
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• COURSED
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